Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-02-04
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LOCAL NEWS.

Mr.. Abram Williamson shipped from
this station to the Boston market, Mon
day, q head of cattle and one horse.
Rev. Mr. Stebbins of Cornwall preached
at the Congregational church on Sunday
last in exchange with the pastor, Rev.
Mr.. Speare.
Butter sold in this market, Monday,
at 10 to % cents, the latter for newmilch.
The amount offered is increasing as the
season advances.
The toboggan slide resumed business.
Tuesday, after rest of few days ne
cessitated by the thaw early in the week
1t is now fully occupied every evening.
The thaw took off good percentage of
the snow that the former thaw left on
the ground but the storms of Monday
and Wednesday repaired the sleighng so
that it is abundant.
The sale of tickets for the readings at
the town hall tomorrow night is now in
progress at Hanaford's. The reader,
Mr.. Williams, comes highly recommend
ed, and will, without doubt, be greeted
by full house.
The members of the Hawthorne club
and some of their friends. % in all, went
out to the Glen House, East Middlebury.
on Tuesday evening, for ride and sup
per. They were well cared for by Land
lord Farr and his assistants, and passed
a very enjoyable evening.
Michael Boylan of this place is going
to Brandon to run the Douglas House
there. Mr.. Rider of the Addison House
and Mr.. Carpenter of the Bardwell, Rut-
land. were at Brandon, Tuesday, to place
value upon the furniture preparatory
to the execution of the lease.
Mr.. Oliver Severance has taken the
agency for Vermont for the dynamo
phone, and will soon begin to dispose
of machines and territory. This is the
instrument that was tried here last
spring, when first put upon the market,
and it was found to work WE'LL
Cards of invitation are out for a ''phan-
tom party, to be given at the town hall
on the evening of Tuesday next, the Sth
inst. Spectators are to be admitted to
the gallery on payment of % cents each,
and all who like will be provided with
supper in the lower hall at 80 cents each.
Secretary Stratton of the Y. NJ. c. A.,
a number of ladies and male quartet
composed of DIR. Sheldon and Messrs.
MunrOe, Coolidge and Dana went out to
the town farm on Tuesday evening to
hold prayer meeting and afterwards to
sing for the entertainment of the inmates
of the house.
President Brainerd's lecture at the Y.
NJ. c. A. hall on Friday evening last
drew out full house. His subject was
1.-The Air." He told of its various prop
critics in familiar talk, and illustrated
them by experiments with apparatus
from the college laboratory. 1t was in
structive, and entertaining, too, as was
shown by the close attention paid by the
audience.
trouble came off at Judge Knapp's office
on Monday. John Mack first visited the
school, and was arrested; then his wife
tried it, with like success, and now they
have attempted to send their children.
after they had been expelled. Judge
} Knapp declined to take jurisdiction of
the case, so nothing was done.
The reason for the temporary lack of
street lighting, to which allusion was
made last week, was the decision of the
village trustees to dispense with lights so
long as the snow staid on the ground.
They have now come to the conclusion
that the better plan is to light the lamps
when they are needed, snow or no snow
and in this it seems to us they are wise.
There is no out-go in the line of village
expenses that is more cheerfully paid
than that for lighting the streets.
Mr.. ID. f. Grosvenor of Bridport had
an unpleasant experience in the village
Monday. He was driving in and while
coming down the hill north of the col
lege part of the rigging broke, fright
ening his horses, which started into a
run. After going few rods the sleigh
'slewed', overturnng the load into the
deep ditch by the side of the road, which
was filled with water. Mr.. Grosvenor